Flatland: A Romance of Many Dimensions - Softcover

Abbott, Edwin

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1640320830 ISBN 13: 9781640320833

Verlag: Chump Change, 1884

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Páginas: 46 Géneros: 12:FR:Romance 12:PB:Mathematics 12:PHU:Mathematical physics Sinopsis: Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone ,s shelf. ,Published originally in 1884, Abbott ,s novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein ,s 1915 publication of the Theory of Relativity, Flatland became popular as a prophet of four dimensions.This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text and illustrations of this timeless classic at an affordable price.TABLE OF CONTENTSPART I , THIS WORLD , , , , , , , 4 §, 1.&mdash,OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND. , , , , , 4 §, 2.&mdash,OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND. , , , , , , , , , 5 §, 3.&mdash,CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND. , , , 6 §, 4.&mdash,CONCERNING THE WOMEN. , , , , , , , , , , 8 §, 5.&mdash,OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER. , , , , , , , , 10 §, 6.&mdash,OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT. , , , , , , , , , , 12 §, 7.&mdash,OF IRREGULAR FIGURES. , 14 §, 8.&mdash,OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING. , , , , , , , , , , , , , , , 16 §, 9.&mdash,OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL. , , , 17 §, 10.&mdash,OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION. , , , , , 19 §, 11.&mdash,CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS. , , , , , , , , 21 §, 12.&mdash,OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS.&

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Unabridged, illustrated value reproduction of Flatland by Edwin Abbott, in this affordably printed volume, is a book that belongs on everyone’s shelf. 

Published originally in 1884, Abbott’s novella was a social commentary told through mathematical a framework. With Einstein’s 1915 publication of the Theory of Relativity, Flatland became popular as a prophet of four dimensions.

This Value Classic Reprint provides a slim volume with full text and illustrations of this timeless classic at an affordable price.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I  THIS WORLD        4
§ 1.—OF THE NATURE OF FLATLAND.      4
§ 2.—OF THE CLIMATE AND HOUSES IN FLATLAND.          5
§ 3.—CONCERNING THE INHABITANTS OF FLATLAND.    6
§ 4.—CONCERNING THE WOMEN.           8
§ 5.—OF OUR METHODS OF RECOGNIZING ONE ANOTHER.         10
§ 6.—OF RECOGNITION BY SIGHT.           12
§ 7.—OF IRREGULAR FIGURES.  14
§ 8.—OF THE ANCIENT PRACTICE OF PAINTING.                16
§ 9.—OF THE UNIVERSAL COLOR BILL.    17
§ 10.—OF THE SUPPRESSION OF THE CHROMATIC SEDITION.      19
§ 11.—CONCERNING OUR PRIESTS.         21
§ 12.—OF THE DOCTRINE OF OUR PRIESTS.          22
PART II OTHER WORLDS                25
§ 13.—HOW I HAD A VISION OF LINELAND.          25
§ 14.—HOW I VAINLY TRIED TO EXPLAIN THE NATURE OF FLATLAND.      27
§ 15.—CONCERNING A STRANGER FROM SPACELAND.  29
§ 16.—HOW THE STRANGER VAINLY ENDEAVORED TO REVEAL TO ME IN WORDS THE MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND.             31
§ 17.—HOW THE SPHERE, HAVING IN VAIN TRIED WORDS, RESORTED TO DEEDS.               34
§ 18.—HOW I CAME TO SPACELAND, AND WHAT I SAW THERE.  35
§ 19.—HOW, THOUGH THE SPHERE SHOWED ME OTHER MYSTERIES OF SPACELAND, I STILL DESIRED MORE; AND WHAT CAME OF IT.       38
§ 20.—HOW THE SPHERE ENCOURAGED ME IN A VISION.             41
§ 21.—HOW I TRIED TO TEACH THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS TO MY GRANDSON, AND WITH WHAT SUCCESS.        42
§ 22.—HOW I THEN TRIED TO DIFFUSE THE THEORY OF THREE DIMENSIONS BY OTHER MEANS, AND OF THE RESULT.        43
 

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• Verlag: Chump Change
• Erscheinungsdatum: 1884
• ISBN 10: 1640320830
• ISBN 13: 9781640320833
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Anzahl der Seiten: 46